Volvo Ocean Race: Team Vestas Wind emerges into the sunlightBy Richard Gladwell Sail-World.com/nz, ,
11:48 PM Fri 15 Aug 2014
First images of the Chris Nicholson skippered Team Vestas Wind, as she emerges from the paint and fit out facility in Southampton, England.
Launch date is set for August 21, 2014 ...[more]

Volvo Ocean Race: Nicholson in race against time with latest entryBy Richard Gladwell Sail-World.com/nz, ,
8:36 PM Tue 12 Aug 2014
'It doesn't take very long to explain the timeline we are on with this campaign,' says Chris Nicholson skipper of the seventh entry in the Volvo Ocean Race. 'That's because there's very little time between now and the race start!' ...[more]

Volvo Ocean Race: Team SCA has a 'pull through day' off the CanariesBy Team SCA, ,
7:54 PM Mon 21 Jul 2014
Team Alvimedica and Team Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing have completed their second Trans-Atlantic crossings, and in the Canary Islands, Team SCA, Team Brunel, and Team Campos are engaged in the Around Canary Island Race - a 650nm trip around the Canary Islands. Here's Team SCA's latest blog from the Around Canary Island Race: ...[more]

Photos of a day out in Newport with VOR's Dongfeng Race TeamBy Donna Erichsen, Newport, RI ,
1:52 PM Wed 28 May 2014
A day out in Newport, RI with VOR's Dongfeng Race Team before they make their first transatlantic crossing. ...[more]

Volvo Ocean Race - Maersk Line named shipping partnerBy Volvo Ocean Race, ,
8:15 PM Tue 15 Apr 2014
The world's largest shipping company, Maersk Line, has been revealed as the Volvo Ocean Race’s shipping partner for the 2014-15 edition starting in October with the challenge of keeping offshore sailing’s toughest global event on track in over 10 countries, four continents and five oceans. ...[more]

Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15 - New skipper for Dongfeng TeamBy Volvo Ocean Race, Sanya, China ,
5:14 PM Wed 26 Feb 2014
Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15 - Caudrelier is no stranger to the round-the-world 38,739-mile marathon as a key figure of the winning French team Groupama in 2011-12. Announced as skipper of Dongfeng Race Team at the official christening this Wednesday in Sanya, he understands what it means to guide a team through the next edition. ...[more]

Volvo Ocean Race 2014-2015 -Nick Bice on the Build and the BoatyardBy Saiil-World.com, Seattle ,
6:13 AM Tue 3 Dec 2013
Few things are finer in life than discovering your passions and then finding a way to support yourself doing the things that you love most. For Australian Nick Bice, 36, the Volvo Ocean Race (VOR) has long been his passion and his profession. Sail-World caught up with Bice to learn more about his VOR gig, the race's new format and about the changes to the design, build and upkeep of the VO 65s. ...[more]

Volvo Ocean Race: Sam Davies realises her childhood dreamBy Sail-World,
10:34 PM Thu 10 Oct 2013
Taking the start line in the Volvo Ocean Race will surpass the wildest childhood dreams of Sam Davies, who was so in awe of the race she didn't dare imagine that one day she might get the chance to compete in it herself.
When Davies was a child she used to watch the starts and finishes of what was then the Whitbread Round the World Race from her parents' boat on the Solent. ...[more]

Volvo Ocean Race: Team SCA sea trials heading for LanzaroteBy Team SCA,
10:13 PM Thu 10 Oct 2013
Today was another milestone for Team SCA, after nearly two weeks of preparation the crew un-tied the lines and headed off for the delivery trip from the UK to their team base in Lanzarote. This will be first offshore trip the new Volvo Ocean 65 has taken, and they look set to take on a range of conditions over the course of the 1500 nm delivery trip south. ...[more]

Volvo Ocean Race: One year out from race startBy Volvo Ocean Race,
7:38 PM Wed 9 Oct 2013
There is exactly one year to go before the start of the Volvo Ocean Race on 4 October 2014 in Alicante. It's going to be a groundbreaking edition in more ways than one, as the race's CEO Knut Frostad explains.
'Building a whole fleet was always going to be a challenge when developing a new class, but we have seven boats in construction now' - Knut Frostad ...[more]

America's Cup Down Under - Yes, please!By Jeni Bone,
4:25 PM Sun 22 Sep 2013
Another day's racing is scheduled for Sunday (US time), day 16, Race 14, and the 34th America's Cup is on the brink of becoming the longest in its history. And before even clutching the Cup, the Kiwis are celebrating. ...[more]

Volvo Ocean Race veteran McDonald signs with Abu Dhabi for 2014/15By Volvo ocean race,
7:52 PM Mon 5 Aug 2013
Top round the World sailor and former British Olympian Neal McDonald, will be Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing’s Performance Director in the team’s second bid for Volvo Ocean Race glory next year Emirati star, 24-year-old Adil Khalid, has re-signed as an Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing crew member under the leadership of skipper Ian Walker ...[more]

Volvo Sailing Speed Challenge - 'Fantastic 4' showdown set for CowesBy Team Volvo, ,
9:26 PM Thu 1 Aug 2013
Come Monday 5th August, three of sailing’s most talented, competitive, fun personalities, together with a kitesurfing world record breaker, will put their speed to the test and go head to head in the ‘Volvo Sailing Speed Challenge’, a never-before-seen charity showdown held in the Solent during Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week. ...[more]

Volvo Ocean Race: Womens crew at Boot Camp in LanzaroteBy Volvo Ocean Race,
6:21 AM Tue 11 Jun 2013
The women of Team SCA are not taking it easy at their Lanzarote training base. The physical strength and sailing skills of the all-female entry for the Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15 are being put to the test and crewmember Sam Davies confesses she has sore muscles – and is having a lot of fun. ...[more]